85-ton 750v DC Ex-Kennecott Copper Company 703, unserviceable in a B&SVRR storage yard in Boone, Iowa. Built by GE in 1928 for Utah Copper, Bingham mine.
Built in 1928, the ex-Kennicott Utah electric has been on the B&SVRR property since '85.
Drive wheel on the B&SV's Chinese 2-8-2
JS8419 at Pilcher's Overhead, just a few minutes out of Boone. The is the only Chinese JS (Jian She or "Construction" class) steam locomotive in the United States. It was built by Datong in 1988... (more)
JS8419, built by Datong (China) in 1988, rolls across the Des Moines River with a train headed back to Boone. The steel supports on the side of the bridge held the poles for the overhead wire of ... (more)
Former VIA Rail FP9 now painted into a quasi-C&NW sceme and used by the Boone & Scenic Valley to pull the summer "Picnic Train" from Boone to Wolf.
This former industrial S-2 has been repainted into UP colors and numbered for the month and year it was put into service at the Boone & Scenic Valley.
Westbound B&SV train
B&SV RR's Sunday dessert train heads out towards Wolf.
The crew checks over the locomotive before heading to the depot.
Charles City and Western Electric Streetcar #50 nears the B&SV RR depot.
This Chinese manufactured locomotive heads to the depot to pull an afternoon excursion.
This locomotive is a 1000hp ALCo RS-1 built in 1951. It started life as Lake Superior & Ishpeming 1002, later passing to the Calumet & Hecla. Before moving to the Boone & Scenic Valley, it operate... (more)